Scientists document dramatic surge in sea levels; study projects more frequent, nastier hurricanes
Scientists have documented an abnormal and dramatic surge in sea levels along the U.S. gulf and southeastern coastlines since about ...
Tag: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Study: Florida must plan better for sea-level rise, population growth
By Nathan Crabbe As Florida’s population continues growing and sea levels continue rising, the state risks losing millions of acres ...
Congress may be driving the right whale to extinction
By Candis Whitney As we are in the midst of calving season for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, ...
Floridians need to elect politicians who will require utilities to generate 100% of electricity by non-emitting energy by 2030
By William "Coty" Keller, an ecologist The latest report on solar energy in Florida (SACE’s Solar Energy in the Southeast) ...
Floridians need to vote so we can keep our heads above water
By Xavier Cortada, the Underwater Home Owners Association Next week, we, the people of the United States of America, are ...
Severe storms are more evidence that the warming climate is a serious threat and we need to respond quickly
By John Van Leer, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Salt water has flooded out of my street drains in Miami-Dade County, a ...
Carlos Curbelo: time is running out to solve the worsening climate crisis
Here is an edited version of an interview the Alliance for Market Solutions (AMS) conducted with Carlos Curbelo, a former ...
The tide is high, and getting higher, and higher, and higher
By Kimberly Miller, The Palm Beach Post A report calls last year’s high tide flooding “extraordinary.” The yearly rate of ...
Hurricane Season Started Early For The Last Six Years. Is It Time To Extend The Season?
By Jenny Staletovich, WLRN Media The early start to the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season — the sixth in a row ...
Yes, the land is slowly sinking in parts of Florida, but the sea is rising much faster and poses a far greater threat of flooding
By Kristina Dahl, Union of Concerned Scientists Last year, Florida House Speaker José Oliva made the scientifically unsupported claim that ...
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